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Upland Game

Resident upland game species include ring-necked pheasant, bobwhite quail and cottontail rabbit. Crows are also listed in the chart.

Upland Game Seasons & Bag Limits

Hunting Hours
One half hour before sunrise to one half hour after sunset.

Licensing Requirements
A Regular Hunting License, Junior Hunting License, Senior Hunting License or Nonresident Hunting License is required to hunt forest game. See Licenses, Stamps & Permits for details.

Legal Hunting Devices
For information on legal firearms and archery equipment for hunting upland game, see Firearms, Bow and Falconry Regulations.

Other Regulations

  • The head, plumage and feet shall remain attached to all pheasants to permit identification of species and sex while being transported from the place where killed to the place of final disposition. This does not pertain to pen-reared pheasants taken on Regulated Shooting Areas.

  • The use of decoys, calls and/or recordings for hunting crows is allowed. Hunters must wear fluorescent orange  when hunting upland game except crows.

Upland Wildlife Habitat Fund
The Maryland General Assembly passed legislation that created a special UPLAND WILDLIFE HABITAT FUND to help restore Maryland’s declining upland wildlife population. The fund provides for voluntary donations which will be credited to the fund and used only for the purpose of restoring upland wildlife habitat. Contributions to the fund may be made at any location selling Maryland hunting and fishing licenses. All donations qualify as charitable deductions for income tax purposes. Individuals and corporations may also contribute to the fund by check or money order made payable to the:

UPLAND WILDLIFE HABITAT FUND

And mailed to:

Maryland DNR- Wildlife & Heritage Service
Upland Wildlife Habitat Fund
Tawes State Office Bldg., E-1
Annapolis, MD 21401

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